Published in UX Collective·Aug 5, 2021Overcoming future shock with foresightAvoiding collision with tomorrow. — In 1970 Alvin Toffler coined the term Future Shock to describe the feeling of being unbalanced by change. Frankly, it’s a feeling we’re all too familiar with after living through the COVID-19 pandemic for the past year and a half. “Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a…Future4 min read
Jun 17, 2021Speculative Fiction: Purple Checkered Super SoldiersThis work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and how CRISPR could be used to create designer pets or super soldiers. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. …Speculative Fiction5 min read
Jun 17, 2021Speculative Fiction: Tanya’s ShadowThis work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and restorative justice. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. The story is set in a Green Future, which values inclusiveness, emergence, and creativity. Tanya places a coffee in front…Speculative Fiction4 min read
Jun 16, 2021Speculative Fiction: It’s Fire Season AgainThis work of speculative fiction explores the topics of doxxing, trolling, and deepfakes. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. The story is set in a Red Future, which values heroes, competition, and winning. ChefBoyArtie stands alone in his kitchen…Speculative Fiction3 min read
Jun 16, 2021Speculative Fiction: Right on CueThis work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and ransomware in the future. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. The story is set in a Blue Future, which values structure, logic, and objectivity. The Gymnast’s score appears…Speculative Fiction3 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jun 3, 20215 Benefits of future thinkingHere’s a bold prediction… in 10 years Strategic Foresight will be business as usual. Companies will look to their Foresight department to deal with what Alvin Toffler called Future Shock. The methods and practice of futures thinking will go mainstream in the way design thinking has today. I may be…Strategic Foresight2 min read
Published in UX Collective·Jun 1, 2021The four tools you need to build a time machineUsing signals, scenarios, artifacts, and simulations to construct plausible futures. — If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that we are living in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. …Future4 min read
May 30, 2021What is Strategic Foresight?And why you should solve for WHY instead of X — After a year of unprecedented change it seems like there is an intense desire for both a return to normalcy and a greater ability to predict the future. Enter Strategic Foresight, a practice of critically examining where we’ve been to imagine where we’re going. Futurists like Ray Kurzweil are often…Strategic Foresight3 min read
May 25, 2021How People Drive Growth: The Story of Ford Motor Co Past, Present, and FutureA business is an abstract idea without people. Abstract ideas have no inherent value. People bring ideas to life. People create value. That’s true across the board. …Business Strategy8 min read
Published in UX Collective·May 22, 2021Ghost kitchens: The new business model eating everyone’s lunchI’ll never forget the first time I saw a ghost. It was a crisp March day in San Francisco. We pulled up to the nondescript building and felt certain there must have been some kind of mistake. Did we have the right address? Wasn’t this supposed to be the Indian…Restaurant Business9 min read